Colossians 3:21

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Colossians 3 marks a decisive pivot from doctrinal exposition to practical application. Having rooted the Colossians in the sufficiency and supremacy of Christ (chapters 1–2), Paul now calls them to "seek the things that are above" (Col 3:1). The chapter unfolds in two movements: fi

References· Colossians 3

a: v.1 — Romans 8:6, Matthew 6:33, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Colossians 3:2, Matthew 6:20, Psalms 73:25-26, Hebrews 12:2, Galatians 2:19-20, Luke 12:33, Psalms 16:11
b: v.2 — 1 John 2:15-17, 1 Chronicles 22:19, Colossians 3:1, Matthew 16:23, Romans 8:4-6, Matthew 6:19, Psalms 119:36-37, Colossians 3:5, Philippians 3:19-20, Luke 12:15
c: v.3 — Galatians 2:20, Romans 6:2, Colossians 2:20, John 5:24, Romans 5:10, Romans 8:2, 1 Peter 1:3-5, 2 Corinthians 5:14, John 5:21, John 3:16
d: v.4 — John 11:25, 1 John 3:2, Galatians 2:20, 1 Peter 1:13, Philippians 3:21, John 17:24, 1 Peter 5:4, Revelation 22:14, Hebrews 9:28, 1 John 2:28
e: v.5 — Romans 8:13, Galatians 5:19-21, Galatians 5:24, 1 Peter 2:11, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Romans 6:13, Ephesians 5:3-6, 1 Corinthians 6:18, Ephesians 4:19, Mark 7:21-22
f: v.6 — Ephesians 5:6, Romans 1:18, 1 Peter 1:14, Ezekiel 16:45-46, Revelation 22:15, Isaiah 57:4, 2 Peter 2:14, Ephesians 2:2-3
g: v.7 — Ephesians 2:2, 1 Peter 4:3-4, Romans 6:19-20, Titus 3:3, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Romans 7:5, Colossians 2:13
h: v.8 — Ephesians 4:29, Ephesians 4:22, James 1:20-21, Ephesians 5:4, Colossians 3:5, Ephesians 4:26, Hebrews 12:1, Ephesians 4:31-32, Proverbs 29:22, Colossians 3:9
i: v.9 — Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 4:25, Leviticus 19:11, John 8:44, Romans 6:6, Revelation 22:15, Zephaniah 3:13, Revelation 21:27, Jeremiah 9:3-5, 1 Timothy 1:10
j: v.10 — Ephesians 4:23-24, Romans 12:2, Ephesians 2:10, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Colossians 3:12, Psalms 51:10, Ezekiel 11:19, Colossians 3:14, Ezekiel 36:26, Romans 13:14
k: v.11 — Galatians 3:28-29, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Romans 10:12, Ephesians 3:6, Ephesians 1:23, Romans 9:24-26, Romans 3:29, Galatians 5:6, John 17:23, Matthew 12:18-21
l: v.12 — Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 4:2, 1 John 4:19, 2 Peter 1:5-8, Galatians 5:22-23, Colossians 3:10, 2 Peter 1:10, James 3:17-18, 1 Peter 3:8-11, Romans 12:9-10
m: v.13 — Ephesians 4:32, Mark 11:25, James 2:13, Ephesians 4:2, Matthew 6:14-15, Romans 15:1-2, Luke 6:35-37, Luke 17:3-4, Matthew 6:12, Galatians 6:2
n: v.14 — 1 Peter 4:8, Ephesians 5:2, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Colossians 2:2, John 13:34, Romans 13:8, Ephesians 4:3, 1 John 4:21, 1 Timothy 1:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:9
o: v.15 — Philippians 4:6-7, John 14:27, Isaiah 26:3, Romans 15:13, Psalms 29:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Colossians 3:17, Romans 5:1, John 16:33, Ephesians 5:20
p: v.16 — Psalms 119:11, Ephesians 5:19, John 15:7, Romans 10:17, Jeremiah 15:16, 1 John 2:24, Hebrews 4:12-13, Deuteronomy 6:6-9, Ephesians 1:17, Job 23:12
q: v.17 — 1 Corinthians 10:31, Colossians 3:23, Proverbs 3:6, Ephesians 5:20, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, 1 Peter 4:11, 1 Peter 2:5, Hebrews 13:15, 1 John 3:18, Romans 14:6-8
r: v.18 — Ephesians 5:22, Titus 2:4-5, 1 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Peter 3:1-6, Genesis 3:16, 1 Timothy 2:12, Esther 1:20, 1 Corinthians 14:34, Acts 5:29, Ephesians 5:3
s: v.19 — 1 Peter 3:7, Genesis 2:23-24, Colossians 3:21, Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:28-29, Ephesians 4:31, Ephesians 5:33, Proverbs 5:18-19, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Malachi 2:14-16
t: v.20 — Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6:1-3, Proverbs 6:20, Matthew 15:4-6, Deuteronomy 27:16, Matthew 19:19, Leviticus 19:3, Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 30:11, Colossians 1:10
u: v.21 — Proverbs 4:1-4, Ephesians 6:4, Psalms 103:13, Proverbs 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 2:11, Hebrews 12:5-11
v: v.22 — Ephesians 6:5-7, Galatians 1:10, 1 Timothy 6:1-2, 1 Peter 2:18-19, Titus 2:9-10, Colossians 3:20, 1 Thessalonians 2:4, Luke 6:46, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Nehemiah 5:15
w: v.23 — Colossians 3:17, Ephesians 6:6-7, Romans 14:8, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Ecclesiastes 9:10, 1 Peter 2:15, 1 Peter 2:13, Psalms 119:10, Romans 14:6, 1 Peter 1:22
x: v.24 — Ephesians 6:8, Galatians 1:10, Acts 20:32, 1 Corinthians 7:22, Luke 14:14, Hebrews 10:35, Hebrews 11:6, Ephesians 6:6, Matthew 5:12, Matthew 5:46
y: v.25 — Acts 10:34, Romans 2:11, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Deuteronomy 10:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:6, Ephesians 6:9, 2 Chronicles 19:7, 1 Peter 1:17, Hebrews 2:2, Colossians 4:1

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